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Cover Shoot: Six local drag artists strike a pose for Pride

Cover Shoot: Six local drag artists strike a pose for Pride

Cover Shoot: Six local drag artists strike a pose for Pride

30 May 2025

It’s giving fashion. . . To mark Pride month, six local drag artists to share a signature look and strike a pose on location in Cambridge


Win: Want to win a day at Suffolk’s Weavers’ House Spa? Read on. . .

Win: Want to win a day at Suffolk’s Weavers’ House Spa? Read on. . .

Win: Want to win a day at Suffolk’s Weavers’ House Spa? Read on. . .

16 May 2025

Want to win a spectacular spa day? Cast your vote for Weavers’ House Spa, Lavenham, in the Good Spa Guide Awards and you’re in with a chance. . .


Fashion: Shop preloved for summer with Cambridge pop-up shop Trash Chic

Fashion: Shop preloved for summer with Cambridge pop-up shop Trash Chic

Fashion: Shop preloved for summer with Cambridge pop-up shop Trash Chic

16 May 2025

Want to perk up your summer wardrobe while being kind to the planet? Make a date for Trash Chic’s summer preloved pop-up


Beauty: Not sure about pastel makeup? Here’s how to wear it well

Beauty: Not sure about pastel makeup? Here’s how to wear it well

Beauty: Not sure about pastel makeup? Here’s how to wear it well

16 May 2025

Pastels for spring? Groundbreaking. But this year’s influx of pretty pinks and purples come with an icy, frosted edge, writes Alice Ryan


Beauty: Products to make skin the star of the show

Beauty: Products to make skin the star of the show

Beauty: Products to make skin the star of the show

02 May 2025

Whether you want to achieve a shiny glass or soft-focus finish - both are trending - the trick is to ‘backend’ your beauty routine. Alice Ryan reports


Style.Devine: The top Nineties trends to wear now

Style.Devine: The top Nineties trends to wear now

Style.Devine: The top Nineties trends to wear now

11 April 2025

Cambridge-based stylist Maggie Devine explores the new wave of fashion nostalgia - and how to wear it well


Fashion: Get the cool country-girl look with R.M. Williams

Fashion: Get the cool country-girl look with R.M. Williams

Fashion: Get the cool country-girl look with R.M. Williams

28 March 2025

Country style continues to trend. Shooting at Cambridge’s Waresley Park Estate, Velvet’s Rohiny Belani models looks from R.M.Williams


Beauty: The five top makeup trends to wear this spring

Beauty: The five top makeup trends to wear this spring

Beauty: The five top makeup trends to wear this spring

28 March 2025

Soft-focus skin, just-bitten lips. . . this year’s top makeup trends are brilliantly wearable, writes Alice Ryan


The Style Story: Spring is cue to cleanse your wardrobe. Here’s how

The Style Story: Spring is cue to cleanse your wardrobe. Here’s how

The Style Story: Spring is cue to cleanse your wardrobe. Here’s how

21 March 2025

Spring’s arrival is cue for a wardrobe cleanse. Here’s how to do it, writes Cambridge stylist Nerys Copping


Mother’s Day: Buy her the perfect PJs and support a stellar cause

Mother’s Day: Buy her the perfect PJs and support a stellar cause

Mother’s Day: Buy her the perfect PJs and support a stellar cause

16 March 2025

It’s a win-win: treat mum (or yourself) to these fab PJs and support adoption charity Coram in the process


Fashion: Cambridge’s lovely new Lucy & Yak store opens today!

Fashion: Cambridge’s lovely new Lucy & Yak store opens today!

Fashion: Cambridge’s lovely new Lucy & Yak store opens today!

14 March 2025

Cambridge’s Lucy & Yak store cuts the ribbon on its new – much bigger! – site on Sussex Street today


Beauty: Meet the founders of three way-paving natural brands

Beauty: Meet the founders of three way-paving natural brands

Beauty: Meet the founders of three way-paving natural brands

28 February 2025

Creating products that are as kind to people and the planet as they are to our skin, we meet the local founders of three natural beauty brands


The Style Story: The staples every wardrobe needs

The Style Story: The staples every wardrobe needs

The Style Story: The staples every wardrobe needs

21 February 2025

In her first column for Velvet, Cambridge stylist and personal shopper Nerys Copping talks wardrobe staples


Exhibition:Prepare to be dazzled as Harriet Kelsall Cambridge hosts a gem showcase

Exhibition:Prepare to be dazzled as Harriet Kelsall Cambridge hosts a gem showcase

Exhibition:Prepare to be dazzled as Harriet Kelsall Cambridge hosts a gem showcase

06 February 2025

Discover radiant diamonds and vibrant sapphires at Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery’s Gemstone Exhibition


Beauty: Seven superhero products to rescue skin this winter

Beauty: Seven superhero products to rescue skin this winter

Beauty: Seven superhero products to rescue skin this winter

10 January 2025

Winter can take a real toll on the skin. Alice Ryan finds face and body products to both protect and restore


Style.Devine: How to master the art of dopamine dressing

Style.Devine: How to master the art of dopamine dressing

Style.Devine: How to master the art of dopamine dressing

03 January 2025

Bringing colour into your wardrobe can be genuinely uplifting, as Cambridge-based stylist Maggie Devine explains


Beauty: Been given a gift set that’s not quite ‘you’? Donate it to Toiletries Amnesty

Beauty: Been given a gift set that’s not quite ‘you’? Donate it to Toiletries Amnesty

Beauty: Been given a gift set that’s not quite ‘you’? Donate it to Toiletries Amnesty

27 December 2024

Don’t leave them in the bathroom cabinet to gather dust: donate unwanted beauty gifts to the Cambridgeshire NGO working to end hygiene poverty


Fashion: Level up your loungewear this Twixmas with Walden boutique Blue

Fashion: Level up your loungewear this Twixmas with Walden boutique Blue

Fashion: Level up your loungewear this Twixmas with Walden boutique Blue

27 December 2024

It’s Twixmas and the dress code is loungewear – but make it fashion. . .


Beauty: Your complete makeup kit for party season

Beauty: Your complete makeup kit for party season

Beauty: Your complete makeup kit for party season

20 December 2024

Christmas calls for a capsule makeup kit to take you from night to day with minimum fuss and maximum impact. Alice Ryan packs her festive beauty bag


Fashion: Looks for every day of Christmas from indie boutique Blue

Fashion: Looks for every day of Christmas from indie boutique Blue

Fashion: Looks for every day of Christmas from indie boutique Blue

20 December 2024

From drinks parties to Boxing Day walks, stylist Maggie Devine showcases looks for every Christmas occasion from Saffron Walden boutique Blue